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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Department of Consumer Affairs holds 18th meeting of the group constituted for monitoring cartelisation, hoarding and speculative trading with respect to essential food items
The 18thmeeting of the group constituted for monitoring cartelisation, hoarding, speculative trading etc. with respect to essential food items such as Pulses, Onions, Tomatoes and oil seeds was held under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Consumer Affairs,ShriAvinash K Srivastava at Krishi Bhawan today. Representatives from Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Police, NAFED, DGFT, Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi Government attended the meeting. The representatives briefed the group about the prevailing scenario with respect to essential food items. It was informed by representatives of Agriculture that arrivals of Kharif onions have started and prices have since shown stable to declining trend. These are likely to increase in the coming days/ weeks. The following key decisions were taken based on the deliberations:
- To augment availability ofPulses across the nation, appropriate policy interventions may be recommended at the appropriate time.
- All the Chief Secretaries will be advised again to hold regular meetings with wholesalers, traders, importers, exporters etc. of onions, pulses, edible oils& oilseeds etc. at State and district levels especially during the festive season i.e. upto December, 2019.
- The Committee of Police of NCR States should hold regular meetings under the Chairmanship of a Senior Delhi Police officer to keep watch on hoarding of stock by the traders near the State borders of Delhi and take suitable action against them.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 17.49 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,93,53,58,865
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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17,49,11,505
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 17.49 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Sustained shedding of Active Caseload continues; drops to 3.03 Lakh after 161 days
Daily Recoveries outnumber daily New Cases successively since last 24 days
India’s total Active Caseload has dropped to 3.03 lakh  today. This is the lowest in 161 days. The total active cases were 3,01,609 on 13th July, 2020.
India’s present active caseload consists of just 3.02% of India’s Total Positive Cases. The new recoveries have led to a net decline of 1,705 in the Total Active cases.
The daily new recoveries recorded in the country have been more than the daily cases registered since the last 24 days. The number of daily new cases in the last 24 hours is 24,337. 25,709 cases recovered and were discharged in the last 24 hours.
The rising recoveries have also improved the Recovery Rate to 95.53% today.
The total recovered cases stand at 9,606,111. These are amongst the highest globally. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases is bridging fast and presently stands at 93,02,472.
71.61% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,471 newly recovered cases. 2,627 people recovered in West Bengal followed by 2,064 in Maharashtra.
79.20% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs.
Kerala reported the highest daily new cases at 5,711. It is followed by Maharashtra with 3,811 new cases. West Bengal recorded 1,978 new cases.
333 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Ten States/UTs account for 81.38% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . West Bengal and Kerala follow with 40 and 30 daily deaths, respectively.
India has one of the lowest deaths/mn population globally .
Focussed measures including targeted testing, early identification, timely isolation & prompt hospitalization & Standard Treatment Protocol have ensured that daily fatalities are under 400.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government provides free ration to non-ration card holders
Chandigarh, May 30, 2020
Government provides free ration to non-ration card holders. Under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package, Government of India has decided that food grains will be provided free of cost at the rate of 5 Kg per month for two months i.e. May and June 2020, to about 8 Crore migrant labour who are not covered under National Food Security Act  or State scheme PDS cards. The total estimated cost of about Rs. 3500 Crore for implementation of this scheme will be fully borne by Government of India.
A depot holder in Haryana, Santosh Kumar said that ration is being given to those who do not have ration cards. Further, he said that after the survey all the beneficiaries have been given tokens for distribution of ration to them. Gurjan from Haryana who does not have a ration card while thanking the government confirmed receiving ration. Mahender Kumar from Panchkula in Haryana said presently he does not have a ration card. He said that because of the lockdown they have been provided ration by the government. Ashok Kumar also from Panchkula said as he does not have a ration card, he received a token after the survey which helped him getting ration.

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In a recent video conference with media on 29th May, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan said that the identification of migrants/stranded migrants under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat scheme may be done by the State/UT Governments through own mechanisms and, Aadhar of persons, if available may also be leveraged to ascertain that person is not covered under NFSA or State PDS scheme. States/UTs may provide the benefit of this scheme to any poor/needy migrant/stranded migrant who does not have access to food and is not covered under NFSA/State PDS schemes.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Meeting between the Commerce and Industry Minister of India and the Secretary of State for International Trade of the U.K.
The Minister for Commerce and Industry of India Shri Piyush Goyal, and UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Ms. Elizabeth Truss MP, met on Saturday, 6th February 2021, at New Delhi to discuss the India - UK trade and investment relationship. They were joined by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry from India, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri.
Discussions were carried out on the entire range of bilateral trade and economic relations in a spirit of mutual understanding of each other’s priorities and trade sensitivities. Both Ministers reiterated their commitment to long term India-UK partnership and agreed to deepen trade cooperation between the two countries through an Enhanced Trade Partnership . They also reviewed progress in removing market access barriers on both sides and ongoing cooperation in response to COVID-19.
Development of Enhanced Trade Partnership 
Taking forward their commitment from the 14th JETCO on 24th July 2020, India and UK Trade Ministers reviewed the ongoing engagements between the two sides for an ETP, as part of the development of a roadmap that would lead to a potential comprehensive FTA, including considerations on an Interim Agreement on preferential basis.
In a significant step forward, the Ministers agreed that this partnership would formally be launched during the visit of the UK Prime Minister to India, later this year. To this effect, the Ministers committed themselves to make concrete progress on trade & investment front to deliver quick gains for both countries including joint timelines for further advances.
The Ministers agreed to further accelerate the process towards launch of the ETP, and committed to interact on a regular basis, while identifying quick and concrete bilateral deliverables that could cement the ETP and immediately benefit the people of both countries.
COVID-19 cooperation and Working with business
The Ministers welcomed the deepening of bilateral health cooperation between the two countries, including on vaccines, which is enabling our countries to act as a global force for good during these challenging times.
The Ministers committed to relaunch the UK-India CEO Forum and agreed on the CEO Forum meeting at the earliest. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to work with businesses to improve the business environment and collectively address the challenges to post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mohtsav’ NHAI to Organize a Nation-wide Plantation Drive
Under the aegis of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, NHAI plans to organize a nation-wide plantation drive on 17th July 2022. The objective is to attempt plantation of about one lakh saplings across the country on a single day. NHAI Regional Offices have identified 100 sites for the plantations that are located along the National Highways, at NHAI land parcels and Toll Plazas. NHAI’s aim is to achieve 75 lakh plantations till 15th August 2022 to mark the Amrit Mahotsav, celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari, senior officials from the ministry and NHAI will participate in the plantation drive. Spreading the message of environment sustainability, the drive will see participation from public representatives, local people of civil society, NGOs and college students. The women Self Help Groups  in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Andhra Pradesh will also be involved for plantation and maintenance of the saplings.
NHAI has been organizing plantation drives from time to time to develop eco-friendly National Highways. The vision is to saturate plantations along the National Highways collectively by involving concessionaires, State Government agencies, private plantation agencies Women SHGs through State Rural Livelihood Missions  and Forest & Horticulture experts.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Setting up of Sports University and Centre of Sports Sciences
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has established one National Sports University  at Imphal, Manipur. At present there is no proposal under consideration of the Ministry to set up any other Sports University. The Ministry is assisting the following six institutions for starting Post Graduate programmes in Sports Sciences:
 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 
 Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior 
 National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad 
 Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 
 Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer 
 University of Calcutta, Kolkata 
This Information was given by the Minister of State  Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
India-Luxembourg Virtual Summit
A Virtual Summit will be held between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Luxembourg H.E. Mr Xavier Bettel on 19 November 2020.
This will be the first stand-alone Summit meeting between India and Luxembourg in the past two decades. The leaders will discuss the entire spectrum of bilateral relationship, including strengthening of India-Luxembourg cooperation in the post-COVID world. They will also exchange views on international and global issues of mutual interest.
India and Luxembourg have continued to maintain high level exchanges in the recent past. The two Prime Ministers have met previously on three occasions.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Kingdom of Denmark on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding  between the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the Government of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Denmark on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine.
Benefits:
The bilateral Memorandum of Understanding will encourage cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Denmark through joint initiatives and technology development in the health sector. It will strengthen bilateral ties between India and Denmark.
The bilateral Memorandum of Understanding shall encourage cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Denmark through joint initiatives and development of research in the health sector. This will facilitate in improving the public health status of the people of both the countries.
Ministry of Defence
HONOURS AND AWARDS : INDEPENDENCE DAY 2020
Following gallantry awards have been conferred to Army personnel on the occasion of Independence Day-2020.
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Award
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No
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Remarks
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1.
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Shaurya Chakra
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Three
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Citations attached
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2.
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Bar to Sena Medal 
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Five
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3.
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Sena Medal 
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Sixty
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Including eight posthumous
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4.
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Mention-in-Despatches
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Nineteen
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Attached files -  List of Gallantry awardees 2020.
 Citations of Shaurya Chakra awardees 2020 .
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Tribes India ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ Comes to a Successful Close
The Tribes India ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ held from 1-15 February, 2021 at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi came to a successful close last evening. The closing ceremony was presided by Shri Ramesh Chand Meena, Chairman, TRIFED in the presence of Shri Krishnadhan Das, Chairman, Tripura MARKFED and Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED. The closing programme began with the visit of dignitaries to the stalls of the festival. In his welcome address, Shri Krishna thanked the dignitaries for their visit and the residents of Delhi for making this event a grand success. He was confident that the heavy footfall and the phenomenal sales registered despite the times we live in, would definitely go a long way in helping the tribal artisans and dwellers overcome the setback that they faced during the lockdown.
The short ceremony which also saw the felicitation of the top three tribal artisans categorized in different groups such as textiles, gifts and assortments, organic products, cane and bamboo, jewellery, metal, paintings, pottery, and tribal cuisine based on their sales and popularity with the audiences. The artisans/ organisations felicitated were given a memento.
The fortnight-long National Tribal Festival saw the participation of thousands of tribal artisans, chefs, artists and cultural troupes from 25 states across the country. The rich tribal culture as evident in the form of raretribal handicrafts, handloom and natural products, tribal cuisines were on display in about 200 stalls. The Aadi Mahotsav succeeded in winning the hearts of the residents of Delhi as witnessed by the heavy footfall over the past 15 days and the sales registered.
The wares of the tribal artisans, be it the fine Pattachitra paintings, or the lovely silks from Assam, or the exquisite tribal jewellery from Odisha and the beaded necklaces from the North-east have, have been very liked. Add to it the earthy, exotic cuisine of the tribals, ranging from momos from Sikkim to mahua laddoos from Chhattisgarh; from Dhuska and litti chokha from Jharkhand to thapdi roti of Odisha and chapda chutney of Chhattisgarh. The feasts available to one’s senses in the festival have been many.
As reported by TRIFED , perhaps making up from the losses registered due to the lockdown, the Aadi Mahotsav has seen the tribal artisans register approximately Rs 4 crore in direct sales over the past fortnight. Moreover, a purchase order worth Rs 8 crores has been placed by TRIFED; leading to a total of approximately Rs 12 crores in business transactions for the tribals participating in this festival. The Aadi Mahotsav has truly been a celebration of the spirit of tribal life – crafts, culture and cuisine.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Press Release
According to Article 343 of the Constitution, the official language of the Union is Hindi and script is Devanagari and necessary directions have been given in Article 351 for the development of Hindi language. In order to discharge its constitutional duties, the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is organizing a Regional Official Language Conference and prize distribution function in the morning from 0930 hrs onwards on 08 December 2022 at CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha for Central Government Offices, Banks and Undertakings etc. situated in East and North-Eastern regions. Hon’ble Minister of state, Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra will chair the event and Hon'ble deputy chairman of parliamentary committee on official language Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab will grace the occasion as special guest. Joint Secretary, DOL, MHA and Senior officers / employees of the Central Government and Central Offices will be present in the programme. Awards will be given to Central Government Offices, Banks and Undertakings for doing excellent work in the official language under different categories by the dignitaries in the ceremony.
It may be noted that four regional conferences are organized in every financial year by the Department of Official Language for the promotion of official language Hindi. In the year 2022-23, the first event was held on 03 November 2022 in Amritsar.
The facility of online submission of the reports of all the Town Official Language Implementation Committees to the Department was started by the Department of Official Language through the Information Management System, under which user IDs and passwords have been provided to all the Town Official Language Implementation Committees. Through this, the Town Official Language Implementation Committees log on to the website and send all relevant information like agenda, minutes etc. to the Department of Official Language online and on the basis of these information, the awards are evaluated. Awardees will be honoured with certificates and shields for their excellent work in the field of official language.
Prime Minister's Office
PM acknowledges the efforts of Bengaluru based Cardiologist and his son for recycling
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented the efforts of Bengaluru based senior cardiologist, Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy, Senior Cardiologist and his son for creating awareness on recycling and ‘waste to wealth’.
Shri Modi urged others to share similar efforts, which will create greater awareness on recycling and ‘waste to wealth.
The doctor has informed that every academic year end his son diligently takes out empty sheets of paper from his notebooks and the doctor gets them bound and uses it for rough work and practice.
In reply to the tweet by above mentioned doctor, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“A good team effort this is, with a larger message of sustainable living. Compliments to your son and you.
Would urge others as well to share similar efforts, which will create greater awareness on recycling and ‘waste to wealth.’”
Election Commission
Seventh and final Phase of General Elections-2019 on 19 May
59 Lok Sabha Constituencies across 7 States and a Union Territory headed to Polls
Over 10 crore 1 lakh 75 thousand voters to decide fate of 918 candidates
Over 1 lakh 12 thousand polling stations in place for smooth conduct of polls
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES  VOTING ON PHASE-7 
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State/UT
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Number of Parliamentary Constituencies in Phase 7
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Total Number of voters
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Number of Male Voters
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Number of Female Voters
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Number of Voters of Third Gender
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Number of
Contesting
Candidates
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Number of Polling Stations
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Bihar
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8
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15252608
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8095447
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7156660
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501
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157
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15811
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Himachal Pradesh
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4
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5330154
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2724111
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2605996
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47
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45
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7730
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Jharkhand
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3
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4564681
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2364541
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2200119
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21
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42
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4315
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Madhya Pradesh
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8
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14913890
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7626516
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7286890
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484
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82
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18411
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Punjab
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13
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20892674
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11059828
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9832286
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560
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278
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23213
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Uttar Pradesh
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13
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23638797
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12818440
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10818931
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1426
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167
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25874
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West Bengal
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9
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14963064
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7698023
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7264664
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377
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111
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17042
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Chandigarh
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1
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619285
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327984
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291282
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19
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36
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597
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Total
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59
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100175153
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52714890
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47456828
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3435
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918
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112993
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No of States/ Union Territoryin Phase 7
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8
AYUSH
Implementation of Ayush Schemes
Ministry of Ayush is implementing the following Schemes in the country under ‘Central Sector’ and ‘Centrally Sponsored Scheme’ categories:
1. Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- National AYUSH Mission .
2. Central Sector Scheme
- Information, Education, and Communication  in AYUSH
- Champion Services Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel
- AYURGYAN
- AYURSWASTHYA Yojana
- AYUSH Oushadi Gunvatta evum Uttapadan Samvardhan Yojana .
- Scheme for Conservation Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants.
- Promotion of International Co-operation in AYUSH.
Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission , financial assistance is provided to the State/UT Governments as per the proposals submitted by them in their respective State Annual Action Plans  and as per the NAM guidelines
The said schemes are being implemented within the stipulated time limit and the detail is as under: -
- Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission was launched in the year 2014-15. Further, its continuation has been approved by the Union Cabinet from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
- The Central Sector Scheme of Information, Education, and Communication  has been approved for the period from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
- Central Sector Scheme of Champion Services Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel was implemented for the period from FY 2019-2020 to FY 2021-2022.
- Central Sector Scheme of AYURGYAN has been approved for the period from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
- Central Sector Scheme of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana has been approved for the period from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
- Central Sector Scheme of AYUSH Oushadi Gunvatta evum Uttapadan Samvardhan Yojana  was approved by Standing Finance Committee  on 16th March 2021 for five years.
- Central Sector Scheme for Conservation Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
- Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of International Co-operation in AYUSH has been approved for the period from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
This information was given by Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.